HMS Trafalgar (1887)

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History
United Kingdom
Name	Trafalgar
Namesake	Battle of Trafalgar
Builder	Portsmouth Dockyard
Laid down	18 January 1886
Launched	20 September 1887
Commissioned	2 April 1890
Fate	Sold for scrapping 9 April 1912
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Trafalgar-class battleship
Displacement	12,590 tons
Length	345 ft (105 m) p/p
Beam	73 ft (22 m)
Draught	28 ft 6 in (8.69 m)
Propulsion	2-shaft Humphries triple expansion 7,500 ihp (5,600 kW) normal draught, 12,102 ihp (9,024 kW) forced draught
Speed	15.1 knots (28.0 km/h; 17.4 mph) normal draught 17.2 knots (31.9 km/h; 19.8 mph) forced draught
Complement	577
Armament	4 × BL 13.5-inch (343 mm) guns 6 × QF 4.7-inch (120-mm) guns 8 × 6-pounder (57 mm) guns 9 × QF 3-pounder (47 mm) guns 6 × torpedo tubes
Armour	Belt: 20 in (508 mm) amidships, 14 in (356 mm) at ends Forward Bulkheads: 16 in (406 mm) After bulkhead: 14 in (356 mm) Citadel: 16–18 in (406–457 mm) Turrets: 18 in (457 mm) Conning tower: 14 in (356 mm) Battery bulkheads: 4–5 in (102–127 mm) Deck: 3 in (76 mm)
Service record
Part of:	Mediterranean Fleet (1890–1897) Portsmouth guardship (1898–1902) Home Fleet (1909–1911)

HMS Trafalgar was one of two Trafalgar-class battleships commissioned in 1890 and 1891, the other being HMS Nile. The ship was designed as an improved version of existing battleships with greater displacement and a thicker armoured belt amidships. Trafalgar saw active service as a battleship from 1890 to 1897 and from 1909 to 1911 when she was sold. Between these two periods as a combatant, Trafalgar served as a guardship and as a drill ship.